[MichaelRyerson]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I have a question about the photograph of the lobby.


http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...YB72PTDML5.jpg




Are these spittoons?


detail

To be honest, I thought spittoons were a thing of the past by the 1930s.

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Spittoons could be found in most municipal buildings well into the 50s. I remember seeing them in City Hall in about 1955.


Frank Spector reduction of bail, 1951

Reduction of bail, June 11, 1951. Frank Spector; Attorney John W. Porter.

love the spittoon in the courthouse

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961



Policewoman lures rape suspect, 1952

30 July 1952. Florence Coberly -- 26 years (policewoman); Detective F.A. Marz (shot and killed suspect Joe L. Parra ), Detective S.W. Griffin. We've seen these guys in the photo-stream before. Officer Coberly seems to be taking it all in stride. And yes, that is a spittoon back there on the floor. Still spittoons in municipal buildings in 1952.

USC digital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961